A courageous mongoose thwarts the evil plans of Nag and Nagaina, two big black cobras who live in the garden. "Rikk-tikk-tikki-tikki-tchk!" A classic story from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, adapted and illustrated by award-winning artist Jerry Pinkney, this is the tale of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, a fearless young mongoose. Soon after a flood washes Rikki into the garden of an English family, he comes face-to-face with Nag and Nagaina, two giant cobras....

"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces mongooses to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--

"Amazing photography accompanies engaging information about the fighting abilities of king cobras and mongooses. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--

The Jungle Book is a collection of Rudyard Kipling's animal stories, wonderfully told and interweaving moral lessons with classic tales. They include the stories of Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves in the Indian jungle, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, a brave mongoose, and Toomai of the Elephants, the story of a young elephant handler. The Jungle Book was first published by Macmillan in 1894.

The story follows the experiences of a young mongoose after he was adopted by a British family in colonial India as a pet and as protection against venomous snakes.

A brief, simplified retelling of the episode in "The Jungle Book" during which a very curious mongoose becomes a house pet and races a snake to see who will be "Master of the Garden."

"On the dry, grassy plains of the Serengeti, a little mongoose makes his way home to his burrow. On his way, the mongoose passes giraffes, zebras, monkeys, elephants, storks, lizards, butterflies and cheetahs, all sleeping in their own unique ways. A stunning, lyrical and reassuring bedtime story, perfect for young animal lovers, with non-fiction facts at the end"--Publisher's description.